Thursday, December 8, 2011

13.1 miles....because we're only half insane

I’m pretty sure my sister hates me.See, she’s motivated and I’m not.So she goes out and runs a half marathon, while I run a 5K.I was okay with my time, but not totally.But instead or letting me train to do better on a 5K or just up the ante to a 10K, my sister (we’ll call her Thing 2, since I’m obviously Thing 1, oh yea, btw, we're twins), asks me if I want to do a half marathon.Well I’m way too proud to say no.And I have this nagging feeling that I need to be healthy.It could be Pinterest and its fitness category or every magazine that I own or the celebrities that self-esteem experts tell us not to compare ourselves too.

Whatever it is, I accepted the challenge.I completed a triathlon this past summer and on Saturday, my fiancé (who from here on out will be known as “RSG” for Real Southern Guy) ran our first 5K.I think this picture best describes the experience

image via Pinterest

I had a lot of fun at the 5K, but it was still harder than I thought it was going to be. It was my first experience running with that many people around me. And let me let you in on a little secret...kids will out run you. Get over it, they have a lot of energy. I don't. They don't share their energy very well. God Bless them.

So, RSG will be my coach for the half marathon.He'll also be my running partner along with my sister. I have no idea if they'll actually stay by my side in the race, and it really won't matter since I won't be able to breath well enough to talk to them. Anywho, RSG was a runner in high school and still out runs me no matter how much more I exercise than he does. I blame it on his long legs. He beat me on the 5K by more than 6 minutes. But he made sure to meet me at the last 1/10th of a mile and encouraged me to finish strong. He's a keeper.

RSG found this workout schedule for us to train by.

The circuit that I'm doing:

image via Pinterest

The plan is to do this for 2 weeks. Week 1 is 2 sets and week 2 will be 3 sets. I will probably find a different circuit to do for every 2 weeks. Check back with me Sunday and I’ll let you know how that 7 mile run goes……YIKES